How to Use tantalum in a Sentence

tantalum

noun
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  • The blue really pops next to the tantalum case—a first for Moser—because of its dark, bluish-gray color.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But what about the mines that produced the tantalum or palladium in your transistors?
    — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
  • There is also active mining in the region for diamonds and coltan, a metallic ore that yields the rare-earth element tantalum used in cellphones.
    — Kejal Vyas |, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2018
  • The new code raises taxes on other metals such as copper, tantalum and gold and scraps a provision that protects license holders from complying with any changes to the mining code for 10 years.
    — Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Congo produces some two-thirds of the world’s cobalt, a mineral used in the production of lithium-ion batteries that power laptops and electric cars, and coltan, copper, tantalum and tin, all used in modern electronics.
    — Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • Congo produces some two-thirds of the world’s cobalt, a mineral key in the production of lithium-ion batteries that power laptops and electric cars, as well as coltan, copper, tantalum and tin, all used in modern electronics.
    — Gabriele Steinhauser, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
  • The 42 mm timepiece is encased in tantalum, a rare, blue-grey, corrosion-resistant metal named after Tantalus of Greek mythology.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 July 2023
  • The province is also close to the Ugandan and Rwandan borders, a major regional trade center for a range of commodities including mineral exports such as tin, tantalum and gold out of eastern Congo.
    — Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Of these metals, tantalum exhibits a particularly appealing dark and stealthy lustre and was something of a signature material for the brand.
    — Wei Koh, A-LIST, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Finally, the new warhead also has 18 shallow metal ovals arranged in rows around the outside; Spleeters declined to comment on the specific metal inside, but warheads are typically made of very dense metals like tungsten or tantalum.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Yes, things like that, or conflict minerals disclosure [which required companies to tell investors whether their products contained tantalum, tin, gold, or tungsten mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo].
    — Emily Stewart, Vox, 14 June 2018
  • The new model suggests our home planet contains significantly more sodium, potassium, chlorine, zinc, strontium, fluorine, gallium, rubidium, niobium, gadolinium, tantalum, helium, argon, and krypton than previously believed.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 18 Sep. 2017

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